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  *防* | 防* | *防
to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent
HSK 3
to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic
HSK 3
firefighting / fire control
HSK 5
national defense
HSK 7-9
to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
HSK 7-9
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
to take strict precautions / on your guard
city defense
coastal defense
(idiom) virtually impossible to prevent
guardedness; wariness; mental defenses
to guard against / to beware of
to be caught off guard / without warning
dike / embankment / levee
frontier defense
to set up defenses / to fortify
to reinforce defenses
security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement
to relieve a garrison
unexpectedly / suddenly / at unawares / off guard / against expectations
to lay out a defense
suddenly / unexpectedly / taken by surprise / at unawares
(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (by extension) (slang) to get to sb / to make sb feel upset or moved
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
(gaming) tower defense
Kinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many tourists
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
fortified gate
to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles)
air force / air defense


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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